Hi Fat Boy Riding, has been a long time. After your help and advice, I started my ALAN project. After a lot of money efforts, I finished the bike the last year, in fact I ran with my Alan "La pedals de clip" a kind of Eroica race but in Catalonia. Since I finished the project I have done a lot stuff (like return from Barcelona to Mexico and finished a Phd program) and couldn't share some pics of the bike. Well, here are some pictures. Thank you all guys for all the information share in this forum and specially on this post; was ver useful for me.
https://flic.kr/s/aHskgocroB
PD. The saddle is not the one finally the bike has, instead of that flite, I have a Selle San Marco Rolls Saddle[/quote]
DonMattas, did you ride "la Pedals" this year? There were quite a lot of Alans, more so than at other rides I have done.
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- 3 Jun 2017, 9:49pm
- Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
- Topic: Info please, re Italian 'Alan' aluminium road-bike framesets
- Replies: 55
- Views: 27365
- 4 Apr 2016, 8:55pm
- Forum: Cycle Camping sub-forum
- Topic: iPhone app for European campsites
- Replies: 25
- Views: 2171
Re: iPhone app for European campsites
andymiller wrote:[quote="doodah"
Oh and I don't know if I'm allowed to suggest this, but there's a guy called Vernon who visits CycleChat who seems to have done the further reaches of eurovelo 6. It might be worth seeing if you can contact him.
Sadly, Vernon is no longer with us, but would no doubt encourage doodah to just jump on his bike and sample as much, tarte, kuchen, strudel, burek and pita as he can
- 6 Feb 2016, 4:12pm
- Forum: Touring & Expedition
- Topic: Brompton touring in Belgium
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2048
Re: Brompton touring in Belgium
Not with a Brompton, but Belgium is a good place to Tour and you will find lots of general advice on this forum if you play around with the search function.
Once you get a general idea and have more specific questions there are many on here who will be happy to help
Once you get a general idea and have more specific questions there are many on here who will be happy to help
- 27 Dec 2015, 8:46am
- Forum: Does anyone know … ?
- Topic: Where can I get a decent jacket?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 3097
Re: Where can I get a decent jacket?
bainbridge wrote:Thanks for the replies folks.
Waterproof jacket and trousers are already in the panniers, I have a pearl izuma cycling jersey which isn't that windproof but did the job, but unfortunately I'm a bit too chubby for it now.
I like the look of this one in navy but figured it's probably quite heavy and might not stand the rigours of a tour:
http://www.wiggle.co.uk/ted-baker-zipthru-jersey/
This one would be ideal but looks a bit technical:
https://www.athleteshop.co.uk/shimano-h ... oCKa_w_wcB
My next tour involves staying in city hotels and I fancy looking halfway decent when I'm out eating, sightseeing and shopping etc so want a dual use jacket.
Any more suggestions?
Rohan do very nice, but pricey, outdoor kit that fulfils the halfway decent requirement. Sale starts tomorrow but if you are at one or the other end of the size spectrum then their clearance section, the souk, has some bargains .
The Rapha sale is also on but I am not sure have wind proof the more casual, track tops and sweatshirts are.
- 6 Dec 2015, 2:59pm
- Forum: Cycle Camping sub-forum
- Topic: Good quality tent
- Replies: 60
- Views: 5496
Re: Good quality tent
Just for you or for sharing? If the later I would be tempted by the Lodge 2 which Blacks have for £89 (and possibly another 10 off if today's discount applied to already reduced stock)
- 29 Nov 2015, 8:35am
- Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
- Topic: New touring tyre tests – good early showing by Schwalbe
- Replies: 69
- Views: 5270
Re: New touring tyre tests – good early showing by Schwalbe
Not all "rough" surfaces are "bumpy".
Many roads in Ireland are constructed with a top dressing of loose clippings rolled into the Tarmac. This is not terribly bumpy but is very rough and on occasion I have lost speed on shallow downhills. Under these conditions my ill informed guess is that lower pressure would considerably increase resistance.
Many roads in Ireland are constructed with a top dressing of loose clippings rolled into the Tarmac. This is not terribly bumpy but is very rough and on occasion I have lost speed on shallow downhills. Under these conditions my ill informed guess is that lower pressure would considerably increase resistance.
- 23 Nov 2015, 8:37pm
- Forum: Does anyone know … ?
- Topic: Magazines....
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1094
Re: Magazines....
Mountain bike UK is for the "kidz" as is reflected in the language and the ads, avoid unless it is delivered in a plain envelope
- 21 Nov 2015, 10:53am
- Forum: Touring & Expedition
- Topic: Touring in Ireland
- Replies: 109
- Views: 9207
Re: Touring in Ireland
I have used the Tim Cooper cycling in Ireland book as a source of inspiration, and well planned routes, on numerous occasions
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Cycle-Touring-I ... in+Ireland
There are also a great many local routes which can be found with a bit of googling
Enjoy the trip
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Cycle-Touring-I ... in+Ireland
There are also a great many local routes which can be found with a bit of googling
Enjoy the trip
- 6 May 2015, 9:11pm
- Forum: Cycling Goods & Services - Your Reviews
- Topic: Cycling Magazines
- Replies: 29
- Views: 15120
Re: Cycling Magazines
There is an increasing number of on-line or downloadable publications.
Here are a couple which, while being very different from each other, operate outside the tried and tested formats of the big publishers
http://www.velovision.com
http://www.theridejournal.com
Here are a couple which, while being very different from each other, operate outside the tried and tested formats of the big publishers
http://www.velovision.com
http://www.theridejournal.com
- 15 Apr 2015, 7:39pm
- Forum: Cycle Camping sub-forum
- Topic: old tent
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4874
Re: old tent
I have a Tramp1 But it has been a long time since it has been pitched anywhere except mt garden as a play tent
I bought mine in the mid 1980s, I had wanted a Saunders spacepacker, but it was a little out of my price range.
The Tramp is fine for one but very tight for 2 ( kit outside in a survival bag). The inner hangs by a couple of hooks and so a lot of space is "lost".
What strikes me most about it is that it is around 2kg but this includes some very thick sturdy poles compared to modern poles and proper pegs, both skewers and Vs.
For a fiver you have done very well
I bought mine in the mid 1980s, I had wanted a Saunders spacepacker, but it was a little out of my price range.
The Tramp is fine for one but very tight for 2 ( kit outside in a survival bag). The inner hangs by a couple of hooks and so a lot of space is "lost".
What strikes me most about it is that it is around 2kg but this includes some very thick sturdy poles compared to modern poles and proper pegs, both skewers and Vs.
For a fiver you have done very well
- 11 Apr 2015, 12:11pm
- Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
- Topic: Bike Aesthetics
- Replies: 51
- Views: 9703
Re: Bike Aesthetics
I am guess you have ordered Shimano A530s as the pedals, if so are they the silver or black ones? If silver and given a silver seatpost and chainset I would go for silver racks.
Thereafter accent colour: black or blue.On the subject of which http://www.wiggle.com/token-bling-box-for-road-tk691tk692/
Thereafter accent colour: black or blue.On the subject of which http://www.wiggle.com/token-bling-box-for-road-tk691tk692/
- 31 Mar 2015, 7:13pm
- Forum: Does anyone know … ?
- Topic: London beginner
- Replies: 19
- Views: 3876
Re: London beginner
Welcome
With the North Downs and the Surrey hills within striking distance you have some fine rides available to you. South West London CTC http://www.cyclingswlondon.org.uk do a lot of rides in that part of the world, you may want to join one or two and see if it is for you.
Good luck with the charity ride to Brighton, some people love it, others less so. If you fall into the latter category do not give up on Brighton: there are plenty of fun ways to get there by day or by night.
With the North Downs and the Surrey hills within striking distance you have some fine rides available to you. South West London CTC http://www.cyclingswlondon.org.uk do a lot of rides in that part of the world, you may want to join one or two and see if it is for you.
Good luck with the charity ride to Brighton, some people love it, others less so. If you fall into the latter category do not give up on Brighton: there are plenty of fun ways to get there by day or by night.
- 3 Mar 2015, 7:56pm
- Forum: Touring & Expedition
- Topic: Belgian bike security
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1121
Re: Belgian bike security
martin113 wrote:Does anyone know if there are guarded bike parks in Belgian cities as there are in Netherlands cities? Especially Antwerp and Brussels. And also Luxembourg, though it's not in Belgium of course.
Following on from Vorpal, Antwerp main station has a very large underground cycle park. The main train station in Antwerp and the main Brussels stations also have cycle points, these do repairs sell bits and pieces etc, as a tourist if you ask nicely they may look after your bike for a couple of hours.
In Brussels there are currently enough soldiers around the European institutions that the racks there are pretty safe
- 3 Mar 2015, 7:47pm
- Forum: Touring & Expedition
- Topic: Zeebrugge to 'south of Brussels'
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1273
Re: Zeebrugge to 'south of Brussels'
South From Brussels there is also the RAVeL network of paths.
http://ravel.wallonie.be/opencms/opencms/fr
http://ravel.wallonie.be/opencms/opencms/fr
- 1 Dec 2014, 7:30pm
- Forum: Campaigning & Public Policy
- Topic: Andrew Mitchell MP
- Replies: 396
- Views: 99110
Re: Andrew Mitchell MP
Mick F wrote:Do we know which club and how far?thirdcrank wrote:MickF - Media reports suggest that he was on his way to his club and was already late.
With hindsight, he may have done better by just running.
Funnily enough, It was the Carlton Club